WEBVTT STATEMENT CALLING ON REPUBLICANSTO START OVER AND INCLUDE THEIRDEMOCRATIC COUNTERPARTS IN THEDISCUSSION ON NEW LEGISLATION.11 NEWS REPORTER ADAM MAY HASTHE STORY.ADAM: SENATE MAJORITY LEADERMITCH MCCONNELL WANTED A HEALTHCARE VOTE THIS WEEK BUT HECOULDN'T RALLY ENOUGH MEMBERS OFHIS OWN PARTY.>> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THEDISCUSSIONS IN OUR CONFERENCE ONTHE DIFFERENCES THAT WE HAVETHAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TOLITIGATE.ADAM: DRIVINGLY SOMEREPUBLICANS, THE CBO REPORTWHICH ESTIMATES OVER A DECADE,THE SENATE BILL WOULD REDUCE THENATIONAL DEFICIT BY $321 BILLIONLARGELY BY SLASHING MEDICAIDFUNDING BY $772 BILLION, LEAVING15 MILLION FEWER AMERICANSCOVERED UNDER MEDICAID.THE ELDERLY AND LOWER INCOMEENROLLEES WOULD BE HIT THEHARDEST, WHILE GIVING A $541BILLION TAX CUT TO THE WEALTHYAND INSURERS.>> THE MORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLESEE IT, THE MORE THEY HATE WHATTHEY SAY.THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICEREPORT WAS DEVASTATING.ADAM: AT THE OPENING OF HIS NEWBALTIMORE OFFICES IN STATIONNORTH, 11 NEWS TOLD SENATORCHRIS VAN HOLLEN, ABOUT THEREACTION FROM REPUBLICANGOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN.HIS OFFICE STATES, CONGRESSSHOULD GO BACK TO THE DRAWINGBOARD IN AN OPEN, TRANSPARENTAND BIPARTISAN FASHION TO CRAFTA BILL THAT WORKS FOR ALLAMERICANS.THE GOVERNOR HAS CONSISTENTLYSAID HE WILL NOT SUPPORT APROPOSAL THAT CAUSES MARYLANDERSTO LOSE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.>> GOVERNOR HOGAN IS RIGHT, TOREJECT THE SENATE REPUBLICANBILL.THEY REALLY START FROM SCRATCH,WE SHOULD COME TOGETHER TO WORKON IMPROVING THE HEALTH CAREEXCHANGES.SO IF OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUESCAN DROP THE GOAL OF BLOWING THEWHOLE THING UP, AND FIXING WHATNEEDS TO BE IMPROVED, THEN WECAN FIND COMMON GROUND.STAN: THAT WAS ADAM MAYREPORTING.SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN OFMASACHUESETTS, CALLED ON THEDEMOCRATIC PARTY TO PUSH FOR ASINGLE PAYER SYSTEM.SENATOR VAN HOLLEN WOULDN'T GOTHAT FAR BUT SAYS HE SUPPORTS ASINGLE PAYER, MEDICARE FOR ALL

A planned vote on a replacement bill for Obamacare has been postponed after Senate Republicans couldn't round up enough support.

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After that decision, Gov. Larry Hogan's office released a statement, calling on Republicans to start over and include their Democratic counterparts in the discussion on new legislation.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wanted a health care vote this week, but he couldn't rally enough members of his own party.

“We're going to continue the discussions in our conference on the differences that we have that we're continuing to try to litigate,” McConnell said.

Concerns for some Republicans came from the Congressional Budget Office, which estimates over a decade, the Senate bill would reduce the national deficit by $321 billion largely by slashing Medicaid funding by $772 billion, leaving 15 million fewer Americans covered under Medicaid.

The elderly and lower income enrollees would be hit the hardest while giving a $541 billion tax cut to the wealthy and insurers.

“The more the American people see it, the more they hate what they see,” U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) said. “The CBO report was devastating.”

Hogan also expressed concerns over the Senate bill.

"Congress should go back to the drawing board in an open, transparent and bipartisan fashion to craft a bill that works for all Americans,” Hogan’s office said in a statement. “The governor has consistently said he will not support a proposal that causes Marylanders to lose health care coverage."

Van Hollen agrees with Hogan’s assessment.

“Hogan is right, to reject the Senate Republican bill,” Van Hollen said. “They really start from scratch, we should come together to work on improving the health care exchanges.

“So if our Republican colleagues can drop the goal of blowing the whole thing up, and fixing what needs to be improved, then we can find common ground.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) called on the Democratic Party to push for a single payer system.

Van Hollen wouldn't go that far but says he supports a single payer Medicare for all option in the exchanges.